How do i enable a buy now option to my product pages?

[gamenet]

Hi guys. How would i add a buy now option to all my product info pages. I am able to buy now from the product list however.

here is my website, as an example.
http://gamenet.net.au/index.php?main...oducts_id=8135

I have looked all over zancart admin for hours xD

Please help!

[gjh42]

The question is, what have you or your template's creator (Template Monster) done to DISable the add to cart on the product info page? There is no admin option to turn that off just for the info page. Since you have buy now buttons on the listing page, you have apparently not set your store to showcase-only mode.

View source shows that the add to cart has been moved to inside the description and then somehow disabled.

 <!--bof Product description -->
<div id="productDescription" class="productGeneral biggerText">



<!--bof Add to Cart Box -->
              <!--eof Add to Cart Box-->

Look at /includes/templates/your_template/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php to find out what has been done.

[gamenet]

thanks heaps for helping mate.

I am useless at php and have no idea what i am looking at.
haha do you think you could skim through my code of tpl_product_info.php. if you could help me i'd be so greatly appreciative as this is a really big deal to me :)

<?php
/**
* Page Template
*
* Loaded automatically by index.php?main_page=product_info.<br />
* Displays details of a typical product
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: tpl_product_info_display.php 5369 2006-12-23 10:55:52Z drbyte $
*/
//require(DIR_WS_MODULES . '/debug_blocks/product_info_prices.php');
?>




<!--bof Category Icon -->
<?php if ($module_show_categories != 0) {?>
<?php
/**
* display the category icons
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_category_icon_display.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_category_icon_display.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<!--eof Category Icon -->


<div class="title_box">
<div class="row1">
<div class="title_inner1">
<div class="title_inner2">
<div class="title_inner3"><?php echo zen_draw_separator($image = 'pixel_trans.gif', '1', '1');?></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row2">

<div class="title_inner1">
<div class="title_inner2">
<div class="title_inner3">
<div class="title_inner4">

<h1 id="productName" class="productGeneral"><?php echo $products_name; ?></h1>

</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>



</div>
<div class="row3">
<div class="title_inner1">
<div class="title_inner2">
<div class="title_inner3"><?php echo zen_draw_separator($image = 'pixel_trans.gif', '1', '1');?></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>












<div class="centerColumn" id="productGeneral" style="padding:1px;">


<div class="product_box">
<div class="bg_inner1">
<div class="bg_inner2">
<div class="bg_inner3">
<div class="bg_inner4">
<div class="bg_inner5">
<div class="bg_inner6">
<div class="bg_inner7">
<div class="bg_inner8">
<div class="bg_inner91">


<!--bof Form start-->
<?php echo zen_draw_form('cart_quantity', zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($_GET['products_id']), zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=add_product'), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"') . "\n"; ?>
<!--eof Form start-->

<?php if ($messageStack->size('product_info') > 0) echo $messageStack->output('product_info'); ?>


<!--bof Prev/Next top position -->
<?php if (PRODUCT_INFO_PREVIOUS_NEXT == 1 or PRODUCT_INFO_PREVIOUS_NEXT == 3) { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the product previous/next helper
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_products_next_previous.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_products_next_previous.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<!--eof Prev/Next top position-->

<!--bof Product Name-->
<!--eof Product Name-->

<!--bof Main Product Image -->
<?php
if (zen_not_null($products_image)) {
?>
<?php
/**
* display the main product image
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_main_product_image.php'); ?>
<?php
}
?>
<!--eof Main Product Image-->

<!--bof Product Price block -->
<strong><h2 id="productPrices" class="productGeneral">
<?php
// base price
if ($show_onetime_charges_description == 'true') {
$one_time = '<span >' . TEXT_ONETIME_CHARGE_SYMBOL . TEXT_ONETIME_CHARGE_DESCRIPTION . '</span><br />';
} else {
$one_time = '';
}


echo $one_time . ((zen_has_product_attributes_values((int)$_GET['products_id']) and $flag_show_product_info_starting_at == 1) ? TEXT_BASE_PRICE : '') . zen_get_products_display_price((int)$_GET['products_id']);
?></h2></strong>
<!--eof Product Price block -->

<!--bof free ship icon -->
<?php if(zen_get_product_is_always_free_shipping($products_id_current) && $flag_show_product_info_free_shipping) { ?>
<div id="freeShippingIcon"><?php echo TEXT_PRODUCT_FREE_SHIPPING_ICON; ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<!--eof free ship icon -->

<!--bof Product description -->
<?php if ($products_description != '') { ?>
<div id="productDescription" class="productGeneral biggerText">







<!--bof Add to Cart Box -->
<?php
if (CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL == 3 and TEXT_LOGIN_FOR_PRICE_BUTTON_REPLACE_SHOWROOM == '') {
// do nothing
} else {
?>
<?php
// $display_qty = (($flag_show_product_info_in_cart_qty == 1 and $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart($_GET['products_id'])) ? '<p>' . PRODUCTS_ORDER_QTY_TEXT_IN_CART . $_SESSION['cart']->get_quantity($_GET['products_id']) . '</p>' : '');
if ($products_qty_box_status == 0 or $products_quantity_order_max== 1) {
// hide the quantity box and default to 1
//$the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_IN_CART, BUTTON_IN_CART_ALT);
} else {
// show the quantity box

$the_button = '<span>' . PRODUCTS_ORDER_QTY_TEXT . '</span><br /><div style="margin-top:3px;">


<table><tr><td style="padding-top:0px;" class="padd1"><input type="text" name="cart_quantity" class="cart_quantity" value="' . (zen_get_buy_now_qty($_GET['products_id'])) . '" maxlength="6" size="4" />' . zen_get_products_quantity_min_units_display((int)$_GET['products_id']) . '' . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . '</td><td style="padding-top:2px;">


&nbsp;&nbsp;' . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_IN_CART, BUTTON_IN_CART_ALT) .' </td></tr></table></div><br />';
}
$display_button = zen_get_buy_now_button($_GET['products_id'], $the_button);
?>
<?php if ($display_qty != '' or $display_button != '') { ?>







<div id="cartAdd">
<div class="cartAdd_indent">

<?php
echo $display_qty;
echo $display_button;
?>


</div>
</div>






<?php } // display qty and button ?>
<?php } // CUSTOMERS_APPROVAL == 3 ?>
<!--eof Add to Cart Box-->



<br class="clearBoth" />





<?php echo stripslashes($products_description); ?></div><br class="clearBoth" />
<?php } ?>
<!--eof Product description -->
<br class="clearBoth" />


<!--bof Product details list -->
<?php if ( (($flag_show_product_info_model == 1 and $products_model != '') or ($flag_show_product_info_weight == 1 and $products_weight !=0) or ($flag_show_product_info_quantity == 1) or ($flag_show_product_info_manufacturer == 1 and !empty($manufacturers_name))) ) { ?>
<ul id="productDetailsList" class="floatingBox back">
<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_model == 1 and $products_model !='') ? '<li>' . TEXT_PRODUCT_MODEL . $products_model . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_weight == 1 and $products_weight !=0) ? '<li>' . TEXT_PRODUCT_WEIGHT . $products_weight . TEXT_PRODUCT_WEIGHT_UNIT . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_quantity == 1) ? '<li>' . $products_quantity . TEXT_PRODUCT_QUANTITY . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php echo (($flag_show_product_info_manufacturer == 1 and !empty($manufacturers_name)) ? '<li>' . TEXT_PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER . $manufacturers_name . '</li>' : '') . "\n"; ?>
</ul>
<br class="clearBoth" />

<br />




<?php
}
?>
<!--eof Product details list -->

<!--bof Attributes Module -->
<?php
if ($pr_attr->fields['total'] > 0) {
?>
<?php
/**
* display the product atributes
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_attributes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_attributes.php'); ?>
<?php
}
?>
<!--eof Attributes Module -->

<!--bof Quantity Discounts table -->
<?php
if ($products_discount_type != 0) { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the products quantity discount
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_products_quantity_discounts.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_products_quantity_discounts.php'); ?>
<?php
}
?>
<!--eof Quantity Discounts table -->

<!--bof Additional Product Images -->
<?php
/**
* display the products additional images
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_additional_images.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_additional_images.php'); ?>
<!--eof Additional Product Images -->

<!--bof Prev/Next bottom position -->
<?php if (PRODUCT_INFO_PREVIOUS_NEXT == 2 or PRODUCT_INFO_PREVIOUS_NEXT == 3) { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the product previous/next helper
*/
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_products_next_previous.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_products_next_previous.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<!--eof Prev/Next bottom position -->

<!--bof Tell a Friend button -->
<?php
if ($flag_show_product_info_tell_a_friend == 1) { ?>
<div id="productTellFriendLink" class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo ($flag_show_product_info_tell_a_friend == 1 ? '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_TELL_A_FRIEND, 'products_id=' . $_GET['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_TELLAFRIEND, BUTTON_TELLAFRIEND_ALT) . '</a>' : ''); ?></div>
<?php
}
?>
<!--eof Tell a Friend button -->

<!--bof Reviews button and count-->
<?php
if ($flag_show_product_info_reviews == 1) {
// if more than 0 reviews, then show reviews button; otherwise, show the "write review" button
if ($reviews->fields['count'] > 0 ) { ?>
<div id="productReviewLink" class="buttonRow back"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_REVIEWS, zen_get_all_get_params()) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_REVIEWS, BUTTON_REVIEWS_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<p class="reviewCount"><?php echo ($flag_show_product_info_reviews_count == 1 ? TEXT_CURRENT_REVIEWS . ' ' . $reviews->fields['count'] : ''); ?></p>
<?php } else { ?>
<div id="productReviewLink" class="buttonRow back"><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_REVIEWS_WRITE, zen_get_all_get_params(array())) . '">' . zen_image_button(BUTTON_IMAGE_WRITE_REVIEW, BUTTON_WRITE_REVIEW_ALT) . '</a>'; ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
}
}
?>


<!--eof Reviews button and count -->


<!--bof Product date added/available-->
<?php
if ($products_date_available > date('Y-m-d H:i:s')) {
if ($flag_show_product_info_date_available == 1) {
?>
<p id="productDateAvailable" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_AVAILABLE, zen_date_long($products_date_available)); ?></p>
<?php
}
} else {
if ($flag_show_product_info_date_added == 1) {
?>
<p id="productDateAdded" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_ADDED, zen_date_long($products_date_added)); ?></p>
<?php
} // $flag_show_product_info_date_added
}
?>
<!--eof Product date added/available -->

<!--bof Product URL -->
<?php
if (zen_not_null($products_url)) {
if ($flag_show_product_info_url == 1) {
?>
<p id="productInfoLink" class="productGeneral centeredContent"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_MORE_INFORMATION, zen_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=url&goto=' . urlencode($products_url), 'NONSSL', true, false)); ?></p>
<?php
} // $flag_show_product_info_url
}
?>
<!--eof Product URL -->

<!--bof also purchased products module-->
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_also_purchased_products.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/' . 'tpl_modules_also_purchased_products.php');?>
<!--eof also purchased products module-->

<!--bof Form close-->
</form>
<!--bof Form close-->



</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

</div>

[gjh42]

There is, unsurprisingly, some shockingly bad code in there.
First, with the add to cart inside the description section, there can be no add button if the description is blank.
Then, they have commented out the button output if the quantity box is not needed:

if ($products_qty_box_status == 0 or $products_quantity_order_max== 1) {
// hide the quantity box and default to 1
//$the_button = ... 

so if the qty box is turned off or the product is max qty 1, the button is not output.
They apparently did that to avoid having to wrap their table code around the button code twice (once for qty box and once for no qty box).

You can restore the functions they disabled by removing comment marks // in two places:

<?php
// $display_qty = (($flag_show_product_info_in_cart_qty == 1 and $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart($_GET['products_id'])) ? '<p>' . PRODUCTS_ORDER_QTY_TEXT_IN_CART . $_SESSION['cart']->get_quantity($_GET['products_id']) . '</p>' : '');
if ($products_qty_box_status == 0 or $products_quantity_order_max== 1) {
// hide the quantity box and default to 1
//$the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_IN_CART, BUTTON_IN_CART_ALT);
} else {
// show the quantity box

<?php
 $display_qty = (($flag_show_product_info_in_cart_qty == 1 and $_SESSION['cart']->in_cart($_GET['products_id'])) ? '<p>' . PRODUCTS_ORDER_QTY_TEXT_IN_CART . $_SESSION['cart']->get_quantity($_GET['products_id']) . '</p>' : '');
if ($products_qty_box_status == 0 or $products_quantity_order_max== 1) {
// hide the quantity box and default to 1
$the_button = '<input type="hidden" name="cart_quantity" value="1" />' . zen_draw_hidden_field('products_id', (int)$_GET['products_id']) . zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_IN_CART, BUTTON_IN_CART_ALT);
} else {
// show the quantity box

I think I'll go wash my hands now to remove the stink of TM code... :)

[gamenet]

Thanks heaps man!

It's working now
http://gamenet.net.au/index.php?main...oducts_id=8135

[gamenet]

Okay, a tricky question now.

I noticed the add to cart button only shows up for the products with a description. how do i make it come up for all of them :)

[gjh42]

Yes, that's one of the bad code practices I noticed. You need to move the add to cart code outside of the product description section. Move everything from
<!--bof Add to Cart Box -->
to
<!--eof Add to Cart Box -->

up to just above
<!--bof Product description -->

If you don't like it there, you can move it to below <!--eof Product description --> or elsewhere, keeping code sections separate.